Wilder was sitting in the crevice between two rocks, staring out into the cave before her. He bright eyes were focused ahead and they darted around whenever there was movement. She was getting pretty hungry...she'd been practicing her magic for a while now and it was time for her to get a proper meal. But, in the spirit of practice, she decided that was how she was going to make her kill. Maybe not directly, but at least with the help of magic.

So close to Polaris, or, at least, closer then Canis, it was harder to concentrate. She often times felt a cloud of thoughtlessness try to drift around her mind. She would have to cut her magic short to refocus herself or do some excessive she had created to stop herself from falling into a fit. It was difficult, but she was getting better at it.

In the corner of her eye she saw movement darting around and she immediately pulled up the first spell she could think of. A couple of seconds later, everything around her slowed. Her breathing, her movement, and, most importantly, the movement of the creature.

In a strangely languid pace, she stood and lunged out of her little crevice, right towards the rat scuttling on the ground. She could pinpoint the location that it was going from the slowed time and aimed for that place. Right as she was about to leap, however, came the cloud again, quicker this time, and she shut off her magic. It was an awkward jump, no longer buffed by the magic, and she barely caught the end of the rat's tail.

With a swift nip, the snapped its spine and began to eat, feeling a lot better once she had some food in her stomach.

Wilder jumped with surprise at the sudden voice nearby. She turned and saw another gembound (a cat!) nearby sitting quite delicately, with her tail curled in and everything. Her face broke into a large grin and she turned away from her meal, hopping merrily over to the new arrival. "Madame! Wow, so fancy! Hi! Hi, I'm Wilder! What a fancy name! What a fancy voice!"

With a purr, she stepped forward and reached forward and pressed her head against her new friend's leg. Yeah, a new friend! Orlaith was her new friend! Wilder, as usual, gave no thought to the fact that they had exchanged a single sentance with each other. She seemed friendly. Which meant she was a friend. Of course, the logical connection

Wilder beamed. She was so happy that someone had actually verbally called her a friend. Indelia was wrong! She could be friends with whomever she wanted! Anyone could be her friend immediately! She wanted to go and find the cat and prove to her that she could make friends with a single word! But that wasn't important right now.

She purred louder as the cat stroked her side and she felt her excitement boiling over. Oh, it was good to have friends that really cared back! So few of her friends did! Aure did, but he was so busy with the Bonebound that they couldn't talk much. Black had really cared but he was a watchful guardian. And Miru too, but she hadn't seen him for some time. She hopped away, letting out all of her energy in joyful bounces around the juvenille tiger. "Friend, friend! It's so good to have another friend!"

She paused for a second when the tiger asked her, her ears twitching as she thought. "Uh...I don't know what the caves are called. They're just The Caves. But there's a lot and I can tell you the names of the caves!" Without waiting for Orlaith's answer, she began to list them off. "We're in Orion, the star-room, and then there's Canis, it's this small room filled with bones and stuff, Pisces which is all wet and cold, Monoceros which is windy and really really loud!, Eridanus which is all green and planty, and Cetus which is also wet and really muddy, and Polaris which is the big room and the center of the caves! There's this big crystal thing called the Sp-" She cut herself off before she could finish the word, shaking out her head and seamlessly throwing herself right at the next question. "We're called gembounds! See?" She pawed at the heart on her cheek. "Bound to gems!" She stood tall and proud, as if it was a great achievement for her to make that connection.

There was a mischievous twinkle in her eye when Orlaith mentioned being frightened. She had no idea who had been mean to her and it was hard to believe that anyone would be mean! I mean, why be mean when you could be nice? "Frighten you? How? Did he do...this?!" And on the last word, she let loose a rush of magic, which surged through her more powerfully then any spell had in the past. Around her, a number of bright blue and pink wisps bust suddenly into existence and she stumbled back with surprise at the power behind the spell. For a moment, she stared at them, a little shocked, but then she laughed loudly and began to dance and bounce around the heatless flames. "Wow, that was so cool! I made so many! Pretty pretty!"
@Orlaith